The Link System








The Link System helps increase Deviant’s exposures and finds undiscovered art. That’s it.

If you haven’t heard about the The Link System, you’re at the right spot. If you have, but wish to find out how to improve your results, you’re at the right spot. If you’re bored, welcome!

The Link System is not the same as the ‘Sharing’ offered to us by dA. [link]
This is exposure only within dA.There are two types: The Link System and The Link Sys PE. They depend on whether you’re a Premium Subscriber or not. Any and every artist on dA can use the System. The differences are minor.

If you have never heard of this at all, I suggest you start off by giving the pdf ‘User’s Manual’ a quick read. It’s in colour and funny, unlike this article. Part 1 is a Video Tutorial which shows Linking in real-time. Parts 2.1 and 2.2 are more detailed Video Tutorials and show the process step by step. The last video will NOT make sense unless the others have been watched.

Most Deviants wish to share their work. For better or for worse, Pageviews and Favs are the measures used in our community. In the world outside the Internet, most of us would wish that things didn’t depend on money. But for most things, money is the only value.

Link another artist's submission to your own in your artist's comment box. It helps everyone. And art.

It takes a few extra minutes to submit and you can:

1. Increase another Deviant’s exposure
2. Increase your own exposure
3. Find undiscovered art on dA
4. Make potential friends




Example of what a final submitted Link would look like:

=tracteurrouge submitted:




and Linked it to:

by

~DuckOfDeath




=tracteurrouge has been gracious enough to introduce us to someone else’s work. She has also left a comment on ~DuckOfDeath’s page, complementing the piece of art and letting the artist know that, he in this case, has been Linked. She provides her own URL. Done! Notice their interactions when you go to their pages. This is all shown and discussed in the Video Tutorials in more depth.

The Link can be to your own work. I’ve seen up to 3 Links in an Artist’s Comment box; 1 to self-promote and the other 2 to help other Deviants. Keep in mind that Links don’t have to be photographs. They can be any form of art on dA. Non Premium-subscribers will not be able to have the actual picture of the other Deviant’s work. But they can still Link using URL’s.

How many times have you come across a piece of work and thought it deserved more than one view and half a fav? When you’re looking for your Link, you’ll come across work like that. And you can give it its due by Linking. There are many articles around dA that showcase works that deserve more attention. Please look at two very prominent monthly series:

1. =rocamiadesign's

SHAMEFULLY UNDERFAVED Series
now at SHAMEFULLY UNDERFAVED 6


2. =The-Avel-Fairy's

Underappreciated Series
now at Underappreciated XVI


These are great sites to look at and find wonderful work to Link to.

The Link System has caught on and spread quite promptly. It is NOT and NEVER will it be a club. It is just a thought of and offered idea, which is slowly even being promoted and put to use in clubs like =SkyAndNatureClub, *naturephotographer and *HDR-Club. Multiple Deviants are either promoting or Linking already. Everything is described in even more detail in the tutorials. Take 15 minutes of your time to read it and watch them. If you feel it’s a good idea, please help by fav’ing this article and spreading the word in your own ways. You don't have to Link to help. You can feature it. You can mention this Article. You can use the stamp. But it'll only help us most effectively by using it.


It only takes a few extra minutes to submit.




FEW HANDY LINKING TIPS:

1. Always make sure you let the person you're Linking know about it. If he/she doesn't know, they'll never know to look at your work!

2. It's not necessary, but a good idea to keep the Linking within the same overall category i.e. photography, traditional art etc. But it's your call of course.

3. You can have more than one thumbnail in your artist comment box if you're a Premium Subscriber. So you can self-promote by thumbnailing one of your own pieces, and then help two other deviants with the other two thumbnails. Again, more in the Video Tutorials.

4. The more you upload and Link, the more prominent the results.

5. Try and be a GOOD Linker. If people start noticing that the Links you provide are always wonderful, they'll always follow them the next time they're looking at your work. So you'll be helping other Deviants even more. 'Wonderful' is in the eye of the beholder of course!

6. HAVE FUN! It's art and fellow artists. All you're doing is helping yourself, them and art on dA. That's it.



KIRIBAN
Would not be complete without this would it?

Anyone who catches my 12345 Page View mark gets:

1.3 Month Subscription
2.15 pieces of your work featured in my journal for one week.
3.I'll try and get more stuff, but isn't #1 enough? If you want to help with prizes; excellent. You can help by offering to feature the artist too.

What do you do? Same old thing: Print the screen. Submit it and title it, 'The Link System Kiriban'. Put the thumbnail in the Note. If the Subject title is not correct; sorry. If it's a link instead of a thumbnail; sorry. If you need to know how to do any of this, Note me!


NOTE: No photographs of inappropriate stuff. Really want me to go through it? Eg. Artistic nudes are fine; their really private parts are not; NO ANIMAL CRUELTY; no severe fetish eg. close-ups of pierced testicles...please just judge the rest, mmm'kay?


Give me your comments. Send me nice Notes. Ask any questions (about this). 'Favourite' this and help if you like it. Fake it if you don't.

Enjoy and have a great day!